Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium
"The Home of Football"
New Wembley
UEFA 4/4 stars
Full nameWembley Stadium connected by EE
AddressSouth Way
Wembley
HA9 0WS
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
OwnerThe Football Association
OperatorWembley National Stadium Limited retractable]]
Executive suites166
Capacity
Record attendance
Field size115 yd × 74 yd (105 m × 68 m)
SurfaceGrassMaster
Construction
Started30 September 2002; 24 years ago (2002-09-30)
Built2003–2007
Opened9 March 2007; 19 years ago (2007-03-09)
Construction cost£789 million
(£1.2 billion today)
ArchitectHOK Sport, Foster and Partners, Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (planning consultants)
Project managerCapita Property and Infrastructure
General contractorMultiplex
Tenants
Website
wembleystadium.com

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in London, England. It holds 90,000 seats.

It was built from 2003 to 2007 in the same spot that the first Wembley Stadium was built.

The new stadium features an arch that was designed not to cast a shadow over the stadium while games are played and to help hold part of the roof up.

Both the FA Cup semi-finals and the final itself are held here. It also hosts the League Cup final and several other English cup finals. The England national football team play their home matches here.

As well as sports, the new Wembley Stadium, like the first one, is also used for concerts. Metallica, Muse, and George Michael have performed there. Also, the Concert for Diana was held there on July 1, 2007, and the London Live Earth concert was held there six days later, on July 7.

The new Wembley also hosts NFL games as part of the NFL International Series. The first NFL game there was the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins. The Jacksonville Jaguars currently have a deal to play one home game in London from 2013 to 2020.

Wembley has previously hosted the 2011, the 2013 and the 2024 UEFA Champions League finals.

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